What is the good faith exception in the context of police misconduct?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The People v. Spence, 93 Cal.Rptr.2d 607 (Cal. App. 2000):

The good faith exception does not permit reliance on the "objectively reasonable" belief of individual police officers when law enforcement agencies have knowledge of flaws in their record keeping and reporting systems. (See People v. Downing (1995) 33 Cal.App.4th 1641, fn. 26, 1657.)

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